Total Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambria Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction , and the 308th lowest crime rate of 768 local areas in Lambeth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cambria Road (SE5 9AE) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% lower than the Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction average (129.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambria Road (SE5 9AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Geoffrey Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanless Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakbank Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cambria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Geoffrey Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Heron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heron Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanless Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vaughan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herne Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wanless Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Herne Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Herne Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northway Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Northway Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Northlands Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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